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Article: Worlds of women.(IFBB REPORT)
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- January 1, 2009
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For the sixth year in a row, scenic Santa Susanna, in the Spanish region: of Catalonia, played host to the a year's biggest IFBB women's amateur contest. Drawing national teams from 27 European countries and 16 non-European countries, the 2008 Women's World Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness and Body Fitness Championships,' held October 4-5, 2008, boasted 169 athletes from five continents.
Women's bodybuilding included 36 athletes. Three champions who have registered previous wins at the World Amateur Championships--Slovakia's Jana Purdjakova, Romania's Irina Muntean and Lithuania's Alina Cepurniene--as well as Brazil's Patricia Pereira and Croatia's Branka Njegovec, ...